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It is the festival of Lord Ganapati a god of wisdom also known as 'Ganesh Festival'. It is celebrated every year on the Bhadrapada Shukla Chaturthi. On this day in morning after a holy bath one has to make a decorated platform and bring and place the idol of Ganesha on that.
It is totally 10 days celebrations. Laddoos mostly known as 'Modak' are the main offerings to god Ganesha on this day. The Ganesha is established in home or at the public places on first day with worship by bramhins and the on the regular worshipping for next 10 days with prayer 'Sukhakarta Dukhharata Warta Wighanachi' is must.
On the tenth day of this festival again the maha pooja of Ganesha is done and then offerings to god of laddoos and modaks are distributed to all devotees and then the idol of Ganeshji is discharged in the water mainly sea, river else sometime lake, now a days special tanks are made to do this ceremony known as 'Ganesha Visarjan'.
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